News
Stay informed with the latest from the SMIA, including our own news, developments, and exclusive features, alongside key music industry updates from Scotland and beyond.
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SAY Award Design Commission Reveal Bespoke ‘Triumph’ Trophy for 2020 Shortlisted Artists
With only one week to go until the winner of Scotland’s national music prize is revealed at the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) ceremony on Thursday 29th October, ten artists are still in the running to collect one of the most lucrative prize funds in the UK, £20,000, and an exclusive Design Commission trophy. The SAY Award Design Commission,…
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Publication of Funding Guidance for Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers
Funding Guidance for the Scottish Government’s £5million Hardship Fund for Creative Freelancers through Creative Scotland has been published today and is available to access on the Hardship Fund page.
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Job Vacancy: Executive Director
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) wants to recruit a dynamic, driven, dedicated person to lead the company. As challenges for the music industry continue to evolve, the SMIA needs someone to lead our executive team and work with our chair, vice chair and board to realise the value of the music industry in Scotland.
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Scottish Album Of The Year Award Announce 2020 Longlist
Scotland’s national music prize, the Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award, has officially announced the twenty outstanding Scottish albums which have made it onto this year’s coveted Longlist.
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SMIA Workshops: Creative Scotland Culture Organisations & Venues Recovery Funding Application Advice
With the recent announcement of the Creative Scotland ‘Cultural Organisations & Venues Fund’ the SMIA presents a workshop with Jennifer McGlone on Thursday 17th September at 1pm which will provide an overview and advice for those thinking of applying.
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Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund launches
Creative Scotland today publishes details of the Scottish Government’s Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund, which forms part of the £31.5m emergency funding for culture announced by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on 28 August.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Jonathan Rimmer
Tell us a bit about you and what you do…For my day job, I currently work in BBC politics. But I also blog about music in my spare time. I recently set up Hip Hop Scotland, a new long-form blog and have started recruiting new writers for a proper relaunch. 2. How long have you…
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New support for Scottish grassroots music venues announced
New support has been made available for grassroots music venues across Scotland through the Scottish Government’s Grassroots Music Venues Stabilisation Fund.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Jessica Harrison
1. Tell us a bit about you and what you do… Hello! Jess here – I’m a festival freelancer who brings the concept of customer service back of house – think ‘creative problem solving with a smile’. Whether I’m running site office comms and a vendor needs power, or artist liaison and the artist needs…
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Scottish Government Announces £2.2 Million Fund To Support Grassroots Music Venues
The Scottish Government’s Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced a £2.2 million fund to support grassroots music venues.
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SMIA Workshops: Understanding and Utilising Data for Music Projects
As part of the SMIA’s innovation-led development programme, designed to help nurture business talent and build infrastructure in Scotland’s music industry, we will be hosting this FREE Understanding and Utilising Data for Music Projects workshop taking place online via Zoom on Thursday 16th July from 2pm – 4pm. About the Workshop Learn the basics of digital marketing and…
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£1.57 billion investment to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage institutions
Tonight (Sunday 5 July 2020), the UK Government announced a new support package for arts and culture which makes specific reference to music industry several times through the press release.
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SMIA Members Spotlight: Matt Brennan
Tell us a bit about you and what you do… I mainly do three things. First, I’m a music academic at the University of Glasgow, where I convene the postgraduate MSc Music Industries degree. Second, I write books about music, including Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit (Oxford University Press, 2020), and When Genres Collide (named as…
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UK Music: Workforce Diversity Survey 2020
UK Music, the voice of the UK’s commercial music industry has launched its Music Industry Workforce Diversity Survey to help bring about “major change at pace”. The survey tracks progress to boost diversity and inclusion in the UK’s music industry that contributes £5.2 billion a year to the UK economy and sustains 190,000 jobs. UK…
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The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) Award returns for 2020
The Scottish Album of the Year Award launches today for 2020, calling on music fans, artists and labels to submit eligible albums to be in the running for Scotland’s pre-eminent music prize. Submit eligible albums now at www.sayaward.com Returning for its ninth year, The SAY Award’s roots are deep within the diverse Scottish music scene…
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Black Lives Matter: Take Action
The Scottish Music Industry Association (SMIA) aims to be as representative of as much of the workforce as possible and diversity, equality, inclusion and accessibility is essential to what we do and what our organisation exists for. On Monday 1st June 2020 we posted a statement standing in solidarity with black communities across the world…